Dictionary Entry [entry ID #147]
-xw • at, around, in that direction • locative adverb formant
Note: mainly used in fossilized compounds
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all over the top of it
on top of it
hayi miq'it-xw 'e'iliw-e: hayahujit miq'i-na:na'a'a' hayi-xw de:ch'in' hay 'a:niwho:n haya:ł, hay...
it (water) gets all over the top of it (the tablecloth), then he irons it, and that's what makes it so good
do: ch'ilyo' sile'n hay na:mitł'a'-ding haya:ł ch'in 'e'n tin niwho:n-ne'in hayi de:-ch'in ta'na:n [ya:w] ya'iwhiwh miq'it-xw 'aht'in-ding
she never liked it no more, then it was no longer really good because he would suck up water (and spray it) all over the top
They kept doing this, across and back across they kept running (until they got to the mainland).
Right there (they realized) was a huge (in size) body of land lying there (not floating).
There was all kinds of food there, like even salmon...
...then more people left to where the (island) is floating.
ya'ninde:tł'-e:y k'iye: na:ła'a-ch'ing' ya'niwindił-xw yiwdin-de:-xw ya'un-ch'ing ya'ninde:tł'[-e:y]
They went from island to island like the people did before them, and finally they arrived at the mainland.
haya:ł 'a:ya'de:ne' "me:lah-'e:n' ła'ay-xw-q'ut tin do:-xokyun-ya:xole:n do:-heh 'a:ya:ch'ondehsne' keh na:yaydił na:yima:n ya:xoxa: hay xok'isdiya:n'-tah"
And then they said: "(As for) some people (that came across), they really (in a big way) don't have any common sense. They never thought 'Hey, let's go back after them,' their elders."
A long time they were staying there. And they built houses.
They lived there waiting (for everyone to come across).
All of them came across after awhile.
Going south along the coast they travelled.
For many years they travelled that way...
Then they go, they're travelling from the north southward.
haya:ł 'a:ya:xołch'ide:ne' "[do:-me:ya'-do:n'] de:-nohq'it-xw-mił do:-me'de:din digyung de:sohłts'e'
And then he told them: "He who is above us doesn't want you to live here (in Blue Lake).
There's lots of different kinds of food there, truly.
Salmon too are there, we can fish there, other things like eels also we'll eat.
Over there, whatever you need he (the Creator) will make for you.
And (they built) several houses from there towards downriver and then...
in the area up the river
After awhile they called it something different.
And then they went along downriver.
They could (only) watch from a distance.
And that's how people started living in Hoopa.
Others have come in (on top of us).
it used to be a lot different, there used to be an army hospital sitting there (place where sick people live, for soldiers)
we lived there in a good way. after a while, they said,
for that reason she went off looking for work, and then way over there ...
"she knows a lot of things, that one"
"from this time on, we're going to tell her everything, we will teach her"
and then after that, they would tell me about everything, and then the next day another one (elder) would come back again
... everything I learned, from that
suddenly, I couldn't turn over in bed, I couldn't do it
and then "no" I said, suddenly I feel sick all over
It came pouring out all over, a lot of blood
and then they shaved (me) all over my body, I didn't have any hair (to begin with)
they took it away over there
twelve days I was lying there, and I kept laying there ...
I go around it, I walk back, then I go back to bed
and then they grabbed it and yanked it away from me (the report card)
he was a policeman
and then, from there turns out he left and went back to the service (where they were fighting)
a lot of girls came up from Weitchpec way, like Yuroks, [because of a flood] and then
haya:ł diywhe'eh do:-na:wa:-ne'in k'ikine' diywho' łung-xw-'unt'e q'ut 'unt'e-ne'in. "ting niwinwho'n" ch'ondehsne'
and then there wasn't anything walking about, nothing made a sound. There was a lot of variety of trees and greenery. "It looks really good," (the creator) thought.
every kind of animal came out
and then that way that's what their name became, then they went off (into the woods)
he realized they're coming from the north [uphill], a lot of people are going along
"you'll all run off (into the woods) somewhere" and then,
I always say, "No!" After awhile he told me, "Hey, let's go down by the river."
Then sometimes he makes it go faster, [and] it spins out in the sand.
whił-na:'uł'its to:-xw-tah whił-na:'uł'its haya:ł dungwho'owh ya'dehłts'e:-ne'in hay ch'e:xo:'owh-ding haya:ł
I drive around down by the river, and some other people lived out there by the gate, and then...
...it drives around, we would go drive around down by the river sometimes, and then she always liked that, then...